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Song I heard while at a store Music
So while I was at the store I heard a song I liked on the radio. I tried Soundhound but it turned up nothing. I asked the guy there and he said it was part of a mix which may explain why it wouldn't identify. Anyway the song was a techno song with no lyrics and I'm pretty sure it was near the end of the song but I can very clearly remember the main notes. Here is a recording of me "singing" it https://clyp.it/lxz0nj2y
it had a heavy drum and bass as well.
Is this an Aqua song? I want to hear it again though! Music
Today, I heard a cheesy and very retro sounding pop song that sounded like it was made by Aqua in terms of singing. It was very "cartoony" and cheery.
girl singing it sounded like that from Aqua as well, same with the dude who came in later. The chorus was hard to make out but maybe it was "I Am On a (couldn't make it out) Of Love"? I know for sure it was about love.
It sounded like a 'kids song' from like, the 80s in terms of the fairly electric sounding beat.
Also, I think one of the lyrics was "I'll be your cheerio" Or something I couldn't properly hear. I was trying my best though.
edit: chorus was possibly "I am on a journey of love" I couldn't properly hear it though because of the background noise in the shop tho.
Edit 2: Maybe it wasn't Toybox either because it sounded older than what they've made, it was still a techno song but it sounded more "outdated" it had a bit of a 60s vibe too.
Edited by cake64
Noisy alternative rock song, maybe from the late 80s/early 90s Music
I heard this song in a pizza parlor that I noticed plays all its music from old cassettes and it seemed like they were just playing a mix tape. The song sorta reminded me of Dinosaur Jr., but I don't think it was actually them because it didn't sound like either J Mascis or Lou Barlow singing lead. The one line that I remember was something like "have you been sleeping late because you've been abused?". Midtempo but with loud distorted guitars and a noisy guitar solo near the end. Music I did recognize on the same tape included Nirvana, Beat Happening and Flaming Lips if that helps pin down the era and genre any.
Song I can't remember the name of Music
The chorus very clearly included the line "I only ever dream in color", and there were some other lyrics that went "I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind" afterwards.
I'm pretty sure the name of the song was Dream In Color or some similar title, by an artist I forgot, but looking it up gives nothing.
Overly long jpop song title youtube ad? Music
Im looking for a jrock/jpop song with a REALLY long and weird title. It had the word scientfic in it and it was a youtube search ad for a bit.
Edited by GloryAndCats
Song at the end of Us Music
What's the song that's playing in the very final scene in Us?
Edited by MichaelKatsuro
Looking for a crazy animated music video: Music
I can only describe segments of a very cartoony animated music video I saw a long time ago at a Hard Rock Cafe, and I can't even remember the damn lyrics:
1. The animation was pretty deranged and trippy and repetitive at times
2. One scene involved a teen boy I think working at a fast food place stupidly sticking his head into a machine that had a sign that explicitly said "DO NOT STICK YOUR HEAD IN HERE" or something like that, and he emerges with a shredded head (ouch!)
3. Another scene involves a lady getting hit by a car, causing her to undergo surgery and then emerge incredibly buff and muscular (yep.)
Edited by Monolaf317
2000s Rock Song With Male And Female Vocals Music
Anyone know this song?
It's most likely an Alternative Rock or Indie Rock song from the 2000s (and at latest 2013). It's a softish song with male and female vocals. All I can clearly remember is that the chorus (which features male vocals) contained the lyrics "I'll wait forever" and that near the end there's a female verse before the chorus begins again. I remember some of the male lyrics that were likely "Keep these (???) around", "And I'll wait for (???). I'll wait forever", "What the hell ??? ???", and "??? ??? by an angel".
I thought this was a Lydia song but I can't find it.
Edited by Pichu-kun
No Title Music
I know that this was a song by They Might Be Giants, but hunting through their fan-run wiki has not helped me. In one of their songs, there's a bit that goes something like this:
"Remember that time in the past when we looked forward to the future, but all we saw was us looking into the past to that point when we looked at ourselves in the future?"
I don't remember the exact working. If I remember correctly, it's a total non-sequitur and unrelated to anything else in the song.
Any ideas?
Electronica song? Music
I heard this song a while ago but I don't know the name of it. It was mostly electronic, but I remember there was one lyrics interlude with a female voice that went something like: "I can't find the reason why / I still don't know how to let you go"? The second part is fuzzier but the first I'm definitely sure was in the song. Thanks for any help.
Malcolm in the Middle background music Music
Pretty sure I asked this a while ago but nobody could help back then. Maybe now there'll be more luck? :B I'm still trying to figure out what the music that plays in the background of the Uncle Sam chase/fight scene in the "Stilts" episode of Malcolm in the Middle is: https://youtu.be/fqugq82E8Sk?t=32
European song about heart/drums/running/beating? Music
It's a european song, male artist, sung in english but artist is not from UK. Somewhere around france maybe? Within the last five years. May or may not be a Eurovision song. Chorus was about hearts/drums beating and/or running. There are parts that go "ooooh". Two music videos I think, one was about a young child running far to meet up with his friend at their house or a playground.
Riff in "Land Down Under" song Music
In the some Land Down Under by Men At Work there is a little riff that plays at 1:41 here is the song for your convenience. Does anyone know what it's from originally? It's sounded familiar to me all my life so I suspect it's from some classical or other public domain song.
R&B song with animated video Music
So this song has a really big throwback older-R&B production, but its a newer song. The lyric/music video is 2D animated with a mainly light pink aesthetic to it. I remember the guy she was in love with wearing some sort of headband (or do rag?) but I'm not too sure about that. The lyrics were definitely lovey-dovey. I found the video around a year ago, but I forgot about it over time and it suddenly popped back in my head.
song at the end of video Music
Can someone tell me what the song that plays at 15:33 in this video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5643yObAXiw (warning NSFW). Soundhound turned up nothing.
Spoken word in music from a song Music
I don't remember much of the actual song - it was on a mix cd I was sent in the early 2000s, it was acoustic guitar based with a woman singing, and I have an inkling it may have been early Tegan & Sara. What I do remember is a lo-fi Spoken Word in Music intro: a child (presumably the singer herself as a child) is fussing and trying to grab something (maybe even the tape recorder it's being captured on). An adult woman scolds her and says something like "good, it's recording, later on you'll get to hear what a brat you were".
Soundcloud mashup Music
I'm looking for a Soundcloud mashup, I remember that
In the lyrics, there was Soundcloud named, multiple people named at the end, the song where a black is getting stopped on the road because policemen believe every black carry drugs, and at the end there was a thank you message.
Album mental illness Music
There was an an old concept album about an asylum iirc, comedy songs mostly. One of the songs was about a guy who had voices living in his head and it sounded like rhyming where a voice in each headphone ear was saying the same phrase but at different timings. Can anyone help me with the artist or the album name?
Captain Marvel Spotify Advert Music
The Captain Marvel trailer on Spotify has a song playing in the backgound, and the fact I can't find it is maddening. If it helps, I live in the UK, so it might be different in other areas, but any help would be appreciated
Edited by TheLampOfHyrule
Country song about how dads always forgive Music
So there was this country song I heard in 2002 that starts out talking about how the singer kept getting in trouble as a kid, which then led to the chorus (which was meant to be his dad talking) singing something about how dads always forgive. At the end of the song the protagonist dies and is at the gates to heaven and is afraid they won't let him in. Then he hears a voice (implied to be God) singing the same chorus about how dads always forgive. Even though I'm not a believer I always found this to be a very heartwarming song so I would like to find it if possible.
Techno song Music
I can't remember the name or artist of this song, but I can remember the music video. It's a very 80s video of a sports car, I think like an 80s Lamborghini, racing through a dark, neon landscape. As the car races along the terrain starts blowing up behind it, and I think at one point it's chased by a giant metal skeleton. Those whole video looks like something out of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and sounds like it, too.
Edited by shigmiya64
mystery notes Music
So I got some notes from a song stuck in my head but I can't remember where they are from. It's possible I just dreamed it but I doubt it because it sounds really familiar. Here is a link to me "singing" it: http://tindeck.com/listen/oiqai
Anime Waltz Song Music
So, years and years ago, I found a song which (I'm fairly sure) had "Waltz" in the title, and I'm also pretty sure it was from an anime. I don't remember if it was the opening or ending, or any part of the name except for Waltz, and when I search "Anime Waltz" I find a looot of results and I've had no luck wading through them. The song was mostly piano, I honestly can't remember whether or not there was singing, and it was pretty sad sounding. I can only really remember what I think was the chorus, and here's a recording of my trying my best to hum it. http://vocaroo.com/i/s10E482FqI1Z
R and B song in the early 90s Music
A guy is singing about loosing his girl. Its an R and B song and he appears to be singing in a barn with his group. We get flashbacks abot the guy and his girl and things start off well. Happy times. Something goes wrong and she literally runs away from their home. All I remember is part of the chorus Ill bet my bottom dollar , that your not thinking about me. Anymore. Longshot , but the songs been bugging me for a while.